Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- How does the poem define immortality?
- Do you think that the speaker is full of himself? Or does he really have the poetry-making skills that he claims to have?
- How much of the speaker's girlfriend do we see in the poem? Do we know what she thinks of the speaker's grand claims?
- What kind of connections can we draw between the speaker of the poem and Spenser himself?
- What is the effect of the poem's sonnet form?
- What is the effect of the poem's constant alliteration?